Lisa LaFlamme is out as CTV National News lead anchor after in her own words she was “blindsided” by a recent CTV decision to replace her.
The announcement came on Monday from the network saying Omar Sachedina will be Chief News Anchor and Senior Editor of CTV National News, and that tenure starting September 5th.
Since 2011, LaFlamme had been the Chief News Anchor of CTV National News, was named Best National News Anchor five times by the Canadian Screen Awards, and named Officer of the Order of Canada in 2019.
The 58-year-old LaFlamme, took to Twitter saying she was informed in late June of the decision.
She said “I was also asked to keep this confidential from my colleagues and the public until the specifics of my exit could be resolved.”
In a Bell Media press release, it said it was “recognizing changing viewer habits” as it moved “the role of its Chief News Anchor in a different direction.”
LaFlamme has been on the air for 35 years starting her journey in Kitchener in 1989.
In her video she said that her departure was not her choice but thanked the viewers, her family and her colleagues.
